Postdoctoral Sientist - Tropical Agroecosystems

published by Florence Wyman on Tue, 2014-02-11 16:30

Opportunity Type:

Postdoc

Position Summary: The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Scientist in the biogeochemistry of tropical agroecosystems. The successful candidate will work on a project that investigates how the intesification of crop agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon influences solute land-water movement and trace gas land-atmosphere exchanges.

Additional Information: This position is based at the MBL in Woods Hole, MA but trips of up to two months to Brazil each year are required to conduct fieldwork in forests and agricultural fields under hot, rainy and rustic conditions. The candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with a team of U.S. and Brazilian scientists and students.

Basic Qualifications: Applicants should have a Ph.D in biogeochemistry, ecology, earth sciences, atmospheric chemistry, limnology or related discipline and some field experience working with soils, surface waters and/or trace gases.

Preferred Qualifications: Some working knowledge of Portuguese is very helpful.

Physical Requirements: Applicants must be in good physical shape and capable of walking several kilometers on narrow trails with field gear.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Three letters of reference are required and may be uploaded with your application materials (under References) or may be sent to:

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreements #DEB#9634135 (3/15/97 - 2/29/04), DEB#0236154 (3/1/03 - 2/28/10), DEB#0832652 (5/1/09 - 4/30/15 (Core funding)), DEB#0936498 (9/1/09 - 8/31/14 (ARRA funding)). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.